Summary 3: On Graph(ic) Encodings

Abstract

This paper is an informal summary of different encoding techniques
from process calculi and distributed formalisms to graphic frameworks. The survey
includes the use of solo diagrams, term graphs, synchronized hyperedge replacement
systems, bigraphs, tile models and interactive systems, all presented at
the Dagstuhl Seminar 04241. The common theme of all techniques recalled here
is having a graphic presentation that, at the same time, gives both an intuitive visual
rendering (of processes, states, etc.) and a rigorous mathematical framework.